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Catherine the Great

Summary: A portrait of the eighteenth-century Russian empress documents her rise from a little-known German princess to become one of Europe's most celebrated monarchs, in an account that offers insight into her public and private achievements.

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  • ISBN: 9780060786274 :
  • ISBN: 0060786272 :
  • Physical Description: print
    xv, 432 p., [16] p. of plates : ill. (some col.), maps, ports. ; 24 cm.
  • Edition: 1st U.S. ed.
  • Publisher: New York : Ecco, 2009.

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General Note:
Originally published: Great Britain : Profile Books, 2009.
Bibliography, etc. Note: Includes bibliographical references (p. 340-395) and index.
Formatted Contents Note: Coronation of a usurper, 1762 -- From Pomerania to St Petersburg, 1729-1744 -- Betrothal and marriage, 1744-1745 -- Living and loving at the Court of Empress Elizabeth, 1746-1753 -- Ambition, 1754-1759 -- Assassination, 1759-1762 -- "Our Lady of St Petersburg," 1763-1766 -- Philosopher on the throne, 1767-1768 -- Imperial ambitions, 1768-1772 -- Paul, Pugachëv, and Potëmkin, 1772-1775 -- The search for emotional stability, 1776-1784 -- Zenith, 1785-1790 -- End of an era, 1790-1796 -- The afterlife of an empress.
Subject: Catherine -- II, Empress of Russia -- 1729-1796
Empresses -- Russia -- Biography
Russia -- Kings and rulers -- Biography
Russia -- History -- Catherine II, 1762-1796

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